A selection of Baroness Drake’s votes

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• Almost always voted against an equal number of electors per parliamentary constituency Show votes 0 votes for, 6 votes against, 1 absence, in 2011.
• Voted a mixture of for and against more EU integration Show votes 3 votes for, 1 vote against, 2 absences, in 2011.
• Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year Show votes 0 votes for, 1 vote against, in 2010.
• Consistently voted against university tuition fees Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, in 2010.
• Consistently voted against fewer MPs in the House of Commons Show votes 0 votes for, 2 votes against, 1 absence, in 2011.

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Recent appearances

• Gender Pensions Gap - Question 27 Jun 2022

  My Lords, the Minister’s reply reveals a disappointing tolerance of carers’ inequality. Caring is an economic activity, resulting in millions of women having to take periods out of the workforce, work fewer hours and receive lower pay. They are excluded from auto-enrolment into a workplace pension. They pay the penalty of lower pensioner income on a lifetime. When will the Government...

• Queen’s Speech - Debate (4th Day) 16 May 2022

  My Lords, the Queen’s Speech contained no emergency measures to address the cost of living crisis that households are experiencing. Rather, the Prime Minister said that “for every pound of taxpayer’s money we spend on reducing bills now, it is a pound we are not investing in bringing down bills and prices over the longer term … this moment makes clear our best remedy lies in urgently...

• Queen’s Speech - Debate (4th Day) 16 May 2022

  Sorry. Okay, well, the FCA’s new consumer duty and consumer vulnerability guidance concentrates on vulnerable consumers with access to retail products; it does not deal with those who do not have access to those products. Finally, I look forward to hearing the maiden speech of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. I am newly discovering Suffolk as my daughter...

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Labour Peer

Entered the House of Lords on 5 July 2010

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Currently held offices

• Chair, Constitution Committee (since 19 Jan 2022)
• Chair, Constitution Committee (since 19 Jan 2022)

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Finance Bill Sub-Committee (4 Sep 2018 to 4 Nov 2019)
• Member, Constitution Committee (27 Jun 2017 to 19 Jan 2022)
• Member, Finance Bill Sub-Committee (6 Dec 2016 to 17 Mar 2017)
• Member, Trade Union Political Funds and Political Party Funding Committee (28 Jan 2016 to 29 Feb 2016)
• Member, Finance Bill Sub-Committee (8 Dec 2015 to 4 Mar 2016)
• Member, Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee (12 Jun 2014 to 27 Apr 2017)
• Member, Finance Bill Sub-Committee (8 Jan 2014 to 11 Mar 2014)
• Member, Trusts (Capital and Income) Bill [HL] Special Public Bill Committee (19 Jun 2012 to 24 Jul 2012)
• Member, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises Committee (29 May 2012 to 28 Feb 2013)
• Member, Draft Financial Services Bill (Joint Committee) (20 Jul 2011 to 13 Dec 2011)
• Member, Draft Financial Services Bill (Joint Committee) (20 Jul 2011 to 13 Dec 2011)